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using a lot over these last few hours which is the fear of escalation. this has been at the heart of the concern for president biden and his senior team since october 7th, about what that initial attack by hamas into israel would lead to in terms of not just israel and palestine and hamas and gaza but also the wider region and now there is another term to think about at this moment, though, allie, which is acceleration. it was, on april 1st, we saw that strike in damascus, on the iranian diplomatic compound. it took a full 12 days for iran to respond to that in the form of that drone and missile attack we saw over the weekend which was largely and successfully repelled. the cia director saying it was a spectacular failure pick will now we are only five days removed from that response where it does appear now that israel has responded. so what the white house will be doing at this stage is doing, pulling out every lever they
probably still convening their, the white house situation room on secure videoconferences, they're looking for ways to be able to ensure that this is not going to trigger what could be, in fact, a very very bloody, costly, and very dangerous escalation in the coming days and weeks. >> director brennan, thank you so much for joining us tonight. we appreciate your time. ali velshi picks up our breaking news coverage right now. allie? thanks, stephanie pick more of this nbc's breaking news coverage right now, nbc news has confirmed that israel has carried out an airstrike inside iran tonight. the united states was not involved in israel's strike in iran, a source familiar with the situation confirmed but israeli officials had notified u.s. officials earlier today that that response was coming. the strike tonight could signal a potential escalation in an already tense situation between those two countries.
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